2016–17 Primera B Nacional

Primera B Nacional
Season2016–17
ChampionsArgentinos Juniors
PromotedArgentinos Juniors
Chacarita Juniors
RelegatedAtlético Paraná
Central Córdoba (SdE)
Crucero del Norte
Douglas Haig
Matches played506
Goals scored1,082 (2.14 per match)
Biggest home winVilla Dálmine 5-0 Juventud Unida (G) (August 30)
Biggest away winLos Andes 0-4 Juventud Unida (G) (November 13)
Highest scoringFerro Carril Oeste 4-3 Central Córdoba (SdE) (August 27)
Instituto 5-2 Brown (October 9)
← 2016
All statistics correct as of 30 July 2017.

The 2016–17 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 32nd season of the Argentine second division. The season began in August 2016 and ended in July 2017. Twenty-three teams competed in the league, twenty returning from the 2016 season, one team that was relegated from Primera División and two teams promoted from Federal A and B Metropolitana.

Competition format

The league's format changed from the previous season. Twenty-three teams which played each other twice for a total of forty-four matches each. The Champion and the runner-up earned promotion to the Primera División. Four teams were relegated at the end of the season.[1]

Club information

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Locations of the 2016–17 season teams.
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Locations of the 2016–17 Primera B Nacional teams within Greater Buenos Aires.
Club City Stadium
All Boys Buenos Aires Islas Malvinas
Almagro José Ingenieros Tres de Febrero
Argentinos Juniors Buenos Aires Diego Armando Maradona
Atlético Paraná Paraná Pedro Mutio
Boca Unidos Corrientes Leoncio Benítez
Brown Adrogué Lorenzo Arandilla
Central Córdoba Santiago del Estero Alfredo Terrera
Chacarita Juniors Villa Maipú Chacarita Juniors Stadium
Crucero del Norte Garupá Comandante Andrés Guacurarí
Douglas Haig Pergamino Miguel Morales
Estudiantes San Luis Héctor Odicino-Pedro Benoza
Ferro Carril Oeste Buenos Aires Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry
Flandria Jáuregui Carlos V
Gimnasia y Esgrima Jujuy 23 de Agosto
Guillermo Brown Puerto Madryn Raúl Conti
Independiente Rivadavia Mendoza Bautista Gargantini
Instituto Córdoba Presidente Perón
Juventud Unida Gualeguaychú Estadio Luis Delfino
Los Andes Lomas de Zamora Estadio Eduardo Gallardón
Nueva Chicago Mataderos Nueva Chicago
San Martín San Miguel de Tucumán La Ciudadela
Santamarina Tandil Municipal Gral. San Martín
Villa Dálmine Campana Villa Dálmine

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or Qualification
1 Argentinos Juniors (C, P) 44 25 13 6 61 24 +37 88 Champion, Promotion to Primera División
2 Chacarita Juniors (P) 44 22 11 11 57 40 +17 77 Promotion to Primera División
3 Guillermo Brown 44 20 15 9 53 30 +23 75
4 Independiente Rivadavia 44 16 19 9 48 44 +4 67
5 Brown 44 18 11 15 57 50 +7 65
6 Instituto 44 17 12 15 58 51 +7 63
7 San Martín (T) 44 16 13 15 62 54 +8 61
8 Santamarina 44 15 16 13 45 43 +2 61
9 Ferro Carril Oeste 44 13 21 10 51 44 +7 60
10 Nueva Chicago 44 16 12 16 53 47 +6 60
11 Almagro 44 14 18 12 35 34 +1 60
12 All Boys[a] 44 17 11 16 43 45 −2 60
13 Los Andes 44 14 17 13 47 50 −3 59
14 Central Córdoba (SdE) 44 14 16 14 57 49 +8 58
15 Flandria 44 13 17 14 39 40 −1 56
16 Juventud Unida (G) 44 14 13 17 50 66 −16 55
17 Estudiantes (SL) 44 14 12 18 40 58 −18 54
18 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 44 12 16 16 36 45 −9 52
19 Douglas Haig 44 11 17 16 36 49 −13 50
20 Boca Unidos 44 11 14 19 42 54 −12 47
21 Villa Dálmine 44 12 11 21 45 60 −15 47
22 Atlético Paraná 44 9 12 23 34 58 −24 39
23 Crucero del Norte 44 8 13 23 36 50 −14 37
Source: AFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) play-off (only for deciding promotion or relegation); 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head points; 6) head-to-head goal difference; 7) head-to-head goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ All Boys were penalized two points.

Results

Home \ Away ALL ALM ARG APA BOU BRO CCO CHA CRU DOU ESL FCO FLA GEJ GBR IND INS JUG LAN NCH SMT SAN VDA
All Boys 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–1
Almagro 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–2
Argentinos Juniors 5–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–0
Atlético Paraná 0–1 4–3 0–1 0–3 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0
Boca Unidos 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–1
Brown 1–4 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 5–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–1
Central Cba. (SdE) 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 3–0 2–3 0–1 4–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 3–1
Chacarita Juniors 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 4–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 3–0 4–1
Crucero del Norte 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–3 4–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 0–1 1–2
Douglas Haig 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1
Estudiantes (SL) 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 3–3 0–1 1–1
Ferro Carril Oeste 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 4–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 4–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 7–2 0–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–1
Flandria 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 1–3 4–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–0
Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–3 1–0 2–1
Guillermo Brown 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–3 4–0 0–0 3–1
Independiente Rivadavia 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–4 2–2 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–1 2–1
Instituto 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 5–2 3–2 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 1–0 5–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1
Juventud Unida (G) 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 0–2 2–3 2–1 5–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1
Los Andes 3–1 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–4 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–1
Nueva Chicago 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 5–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–1
San Martín (T) 3–2 1–1 2–2 4–2 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–2
Santamarina 1–0 0–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 4–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 5–0
Villa Dálmine 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–5 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–3 5–0 2–0 2–3 1–2 2–2
Source: AFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation

The bottom four teams of this table were relegated. In the Primera B Nacional, clubs with an indirect affiliation with Argentine Football Association are relegated to the Torneo Federal A, while clubs directly affiliated are relegated to Primera B Metropolitana.

Pos
 Team 2014
Pts 		2015
Pts 		2016
Pts 		2016–17
Pts 		Total
Pts 		Total
Pld 		Avg
 Relegation
1 Argentinos Juniors 31 – – 88 119 64 1.859
2 Chacarita Juniors – 50 43 77 170 107 1.589
3 Brown – – 28 65 93 65 1.431
4 Guillermo Brown – 48 30 75 153 107 1.43
5 Nueva Chicago 30 – 30 60 120 85 1.412
6 Santamarina 24 66 27 61 178 127 1.402
7 San Martín (T) – – – 61 61 44 1.386
8 Gimnasia y Esgrima (J) 30 55 38 52 175 127 1.378
9 Almagro – – 28 60 88 65 1.354
10 Los Andes – 54 30 59 143 107 1.336
11 Ferro Carril Oeste 16 67 26 60 169 127 1.331
12 Villa Dálmine – 60 33 47 140 107 1.308
13 Instituto 25 62 16 63 166 127 1.307
14 Boca Unidos 27 54 38 47 166 127 1.307
15 Juventud Unida (G) – 54 28 55 137 107 1.28
16 Flandria – – – 56 56 44 1.273
17 All Boys 22 53 26 60 161 127 1.268
18 Independiente Rivadavia 22 51 20 67 160 127 1.26
19 Estudiantes (SL) – 56 24 54 134 107 1.252
20 Central Córdoba (SdE) (R) – 51 20 58 130 107 1.215 Primera B Metropolitana
or
Torneo Federal A
21 Douglas Haig (R) 25 58 20 50 153 127 1.205
22 Crucero del Norte (R) 33 – 32 37 102 85 1.2
23 Atlético Paraná (R) – 58 19 39 116 107 1.084

Source: AFA

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of July 30, 2017
Rank Player Club Goals[2]
1 Argentina Rodrigo Salinas Chacarita Juniors 30
2 Argentina Tobías Figueroa Guillermo Brown 21
3 Argentina Ramón Lentini San Martín (T) 18
4 Argentina Gonzalo Castillejos Ferro Carril Oeste 15
Argentina Nicolás Reniero Almagro
Argentina Braian Romero Argentinos Juniors

See also

References

  1. ^ Reglamento Primera B Nacional 2016–17 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "Goleadores de Primera B Nacional Campeonato 2016–17". AFA.